Bibliographic Information: Martin Jr., B. and John Archambault. (1989). Chicka, Chicka, Boom, Boom. Illus. Lois Ehlert. New York, NY: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division.
Brief Annotation: This is a colorful and rhythmic way to learn the A,B,C's! The letters of the alphabet chase each other up a coconut tree and . . . Chicka, Chicka, Boom, Boom!
Genre: Alphabet book
Grade Level: Pre K-1
Readers who will like this: This book will be fun and interesting for infants, toddlers and pre-schoolers who can expand their reading/comprehension skills by: listening to the rhythms and looking at the colorful, sequential pictures. For beginner readers, this book will be rewarding to read and finish this rhythmic and patterned alphabet story.
Response/Rating (1-4): This book is almost too fast. I wanted to have a little more rhyming between each letter. Even as an adult, I enjoy reading this to children and saying, Chicka Chicka Boom Boom. I rate this book 3 of 4.
One question you would ask before a read aloud: From the cover (reading the title aloud) what do you think this story is about? What kind of tree do you think is on the cover? What colors are the letters 'a', 'b' and 'c'?
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